Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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